“That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The man that makes a character, makes foes.” – Edward Young
“The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.” – Woodrow Wilson
“More knowledge may be gained of a man’s real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.”
– Samuel Johnson
